Regular season and playoffsNYR

Raimo Helminen's 1985-1986 season

Points

NHL#175

Goals

NHL#239

Assists

NHL#133

Plus/minus

NHL#248

Games

82% of 80

Centre Raimo Helminen was 21 years old when the 1985-1986 season began, his 1st in the NHL, and played it for New York Rangers. He played 66 of a possible 80 games and scored 10 goals and 30 assists for 40 points, 0.61 points per game. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1985-1986Playoffs

Year 1985
41 years ago
NHL debut
October 12
Raimo Helminen makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠8 loss against Hartford Whalers
NYRNew York Rangers2–8HFDHartford Whalers
Raimo was 21 years old · Hartford Civic Center, USA
His first NHL game
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
0
+/-
Swedes on the ice: Tomas Sandström, Jan Erixon, Kjell Samuelsson, among others.
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- The game
  NYR2–8HFD
  L
  October 12game 2/805
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD3–2NYR
  L
  October 13game 3/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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Milestone
Raimo Helminen scores his first NHL goal
in the game against New Jersey Devils · October 13
- The game
  NYR3–4LAK
  L
  October 16game 4/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–5NYI
  L
  October 19game 5/805
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
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- November 1985
- The game
  NYR7–3WIN
  W
  November 8game 13/804
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +2+/-3SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
Milestone
Raimo Helminen records his first NHL assist
in the game against Winnipeg Jets · November 8
- The game
  NYR3–4MNS
  L
  November 9game 14/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  CHI5–4NYR
  L
  November 11game 15/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  TOR3–7NYR
  W
  November 20game 19/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–0NYI
  W
  November 23game 20/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- Checkpoint
  November 23
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 809 of 20 played
  5
  points
  NHL#288
  2
  goals
  NHL#226
  3
  assists
  NHL#284
  NYR
  10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
  7th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI4–3NYR
  L
  November 24game 21/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGY5–2NYR
  L
  November 27game 22/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–2WSH
  W
  November 29game 23/804
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYR4–5PIT
  L
  November 30game 24/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- December 1985
- The game
  PIT6–0NYR
  L
  December 2game 25/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  WIN4–7NYR
  W
  December 4game 26/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-0SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR0–4PHI
  L
  December 7game 27/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  PHI1–3NYR
  W
  December 8game 28/804
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR4–2NJD
  W
  December 11game 29/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–4BOS
  L
  December 14game 30/803
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
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- The game
  PIT5–2NYR
  L
  December 15game 31/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  BUF5–4NYR
  L
  December 18game 32/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYI2–2NYR
  December 20game 33/804
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR5–4NYI
  W
  December 21game 34/804
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +3 points
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- The game
  DET2–10NYR
  W
  December 23game 35/802
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +4+/-2SOG
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR1–6BUF
  L
  December 26game 36/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR1–3MNS
  L
  December 28game 37/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  WSH5–6NYR
  W
  December 29game 38/805
  His night
  +2P+2A
  -2+/-1SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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Year 1986
40 years ago
- The game
  NYR0–3WSH
  L
  January 1game 39/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  QUE5–4NYR
  L
  January 5game 40/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  January 5
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8029 of 40 played
  21
  points
  NHL#171
  7
  goals
  NHL#172
  14
  assists
  NHL#147
  NYR
  17-21-0W-L-OT36Points
  14th in the whole NHL
- The game
  MTL4–6NYR
  W
  January 10game 41/805
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL2–2NYR
  January 12game 42/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR2–1VAN
  W
  January 14game 43/803
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–3LAK
  W
  January 15game 44/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 points
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- The game
  NYR5–4EDM
  W
  January 18game 45/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  HFD5–0NYR
  L
  January 20game 46/803
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR4–2TOR
  W
  January 22game 47/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +1+/-0SOG2PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  QUE4–0NYR
  L
  January 23game 48/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–6QUE
  January 27game 49/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR4–5CHI
  L
  January 29game 50/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–5BUF
  L
  January 31game 51/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- February 1986
- The game
  NYR3–1HFD
  W
  February 1game 52/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR3–4STL
  L
  February 5game 53/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  NYR3–2BOS
  W
  February 8game 54/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  VAN2–5NYR
  W
  February 12game 55/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  NYR7–5DET
  W
  February 14game 56/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  DET1–3NYR
  W
  February 16game 57/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  STL2–3NYR
  W
  February 20game 58/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS1–5NYR
  W
  February 24game 59/804
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR3–7TOR
  L
  February 25game 60/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  February 25
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8049 of 60 played
  32
  points
  NHL#172
  8
  goals
  NHL#230
  24
  assists
  NHL#125
  NYR
  29-27-0W-L-OT62Points
  13th in the whole NHL
- The game
  PIT3–8NYR
  W
  February 27game 61/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- March 1986
- The game
  NYR0–4WSH
  L
  March 1game 62/804
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
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- The game
  WSH4–2NYR
  L
  March 2game 63/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR1–4WIN
  L
  March 5game 64/804
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–2CGY
  W
  March 6game 65/803
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  PHI4–1NYR
  L
  March 9game 66/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR6–3NJD
  W
  March 11game 67/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CGY3–2NYR
  L
  March 12game 68/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–2PIT
  March 15game 69/803
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
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- The game
  NYI1–3NYR
  W
  March 16game 70/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
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- The game
  NYR2–6NYI
  L
  March 18game 71/803
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–4PHI
  L
  March 22game 72/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  CHI5–3NYR
  L
  March 23game 73/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
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- The game
  NYR5–4NJD
  W
  March 25game 74/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  NJD0–9NYR
  W
  March 31game 77/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- April 1986
- The game
  PHI3–2NYR
  L
  April 2game 78/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT5–4NYR
  L
  April 6game 80/803
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 points
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 6
Raimo Helminen closes the 1985-1986 season with 40 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
40
NHL#175
Games
66of 80
83%
Goals
10
NHL#239
Assists
30
NHL#133
P/GP
0.61
NHL#171
+/-
0
NHL#248
Events
40
career best in points
10
career best in goals
30
career best in assists
1
First NHL assist
1
First NHL point
1
First NHL goal
3 days later
Playoffs
April 9
New York Rangers are in the playoffs
First round
April 9
New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers
NYRvsPHI
Swedes on New York Rangers
Tomas Sandström
Jan Erixon
Swedes on Philadelphia Flyers
Pelle Eklund
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6 days later
First round
April 15
New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–2
NYR3–2PHI
Advance
He did not play in this round
2 days later
Second round
April 17
New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals
NYRvsWSH
Swedes on New York Rangers
Tomas Sandström
Kjell Samuelsson
Jan Erixon
Peter Sundström
Swedes on Washington Capitals
Jörgen Pettersson
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- Game 1
  NYR4–3WSH
  W
  April 174
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
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- New York Rangerslead1–0againstWashington Capitals
- Game 3
  WSH6–3NYR
  L
  April 214
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
Second round
April 27
New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2
NYR4–2WSH
Advance
2Games0Points0Goals0Assists
4 days later
Conference final
May 1
New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens
NYRvsMTL
Swedes on New York Rangers
Tomas Sandström
Jan Erixon
Kjell Samuelsson
Swedes on Montréal Canadiens
Mats Näslund
Kjell Dahlin
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8 days later
Conference final
May 9
Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1
NYR1–4MTL
Eliminated
He did not play in this round
The run in numbers
May 9
Raimo Helminen ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 0 points
NYRNew York Rangers
Points
0
NHL#245
Games
2
Goals
0
NHL#164
Assists
0
NHL#222
P/GP
0.00
+/-
-2
NHL#235
PHI3–2→WSH4–2→MTL1–4

Raimo Helminen makes his NHL debut in 2–⁠8 loss against Hartford Whalers

Raimo Helminen scores his first NHL goal

Raimo Helminen records his first NHL assist

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

3/4 into the season

Raimo Helminen closes the 1985-1986 season with 40 points

New York Rangers are in the playoffs

New York Rangers meet Philadelphia Flyers

New York Rangers knock Philadelphia Flyers out 3–2

New York Rangers meet Washington Capitals

New York Rangers knock Washington Capitals out 4–2

New York Rangers meet Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens knock New York Rangers out 4–1

Raimo Helminen ends the 1985-1986 playoffs with 0 points